Bedford High School - Talisman Yearbook (Temperance, MI)

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ffbfl VM? Parents Faculty Pnends and Fellow Classmates As we near the cornplehon of our hrgn school days 1t IS only natural that we look back over our experrences as freshmen sophomores Junrors and f1nally as senrors We see that the class of 52 has worked together toward one common obJect1ve to learn Throughout hlgh school our greatest aesrre has been to do as much and then more than those b fore us We have also attempted to set up n w stand ards of achrevement These standards we leave to the under classmen as strmulr for even greater accompl1shments We have also trted to the best of our ab1l1ty to keep ahve the splrrt for whrch Bedford Hrgh School IS noted by helprng rn all thrngs desrgned for the betterment of the school We are about to take our place rn a confused world each of us gorng hrs separate way We do not go 1nto thrs world wrth the attrtude that we have completed our educatron but rather Wrth a feeltng of sat1sfact1on ID that we have atta1ned a frrm foundatron rn l1v1ng When we entered hrgh scnool surely there must have been some force that kept urgmg us on toward the shlnrng goal of our entrance 1nto an even greater adventure-our future Whenever a drfttculty arose 1t was met as a challenge and went down before 1ts eternal foe work On behalf of the class of 52 I wrsh to thank our parents teachers and the communlty as a whole for the1r untrrrng patrence and farthful gurdance 1n helprng us to prepare to meet our many future responsrbllltles adequately by helprng us over the rough road of our hrgh school lrfe l especlally wrsh to thank our class advrsors for the1r able assrstance and the custodlans for the1r wrllrng cooperatron rn our many plans and prorects boon tne future of which we are speaklng tonrght wrll become a present realrty Before rt merges wrth our many other treasured memones of the past we as a class would lrke to express our feelrngs 1n the very apt phrases of the well known Amencan poet Edwln Arlrngton Robrnson Two krnds of gratltude The sudden krnd We feel for what we take The larger krnd We feel for what we grve Brll Alexander I f 9 1 If f ,I 1 , A , .JY X ' 1 r 1 1 I tl . , K I I I , . , , e e - . c . , , , , I ' I , , , , , . . F. . . . . . , . . , , , . I , . . ,

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l131.E1U7'g Mr Iohn M Conat Superlntendent 1922 1952 Dear Mr Conat We the publlshers of the 1952 Talisman are Wfltlng this letter as a trrbute to your many years ot untrrrng servrce to our school and to our community I retrospect 1t seems your deep and abldlng concem lor our welfare during your thirty years has been unexcelled 1n the hlstory ot any school anywhere If there lS truth in the statement helping someone else IS the secret of happi ness then Mr Conat you have certainly known a full measure of happiness Mr Conat we shall miss you as we return as alumnl or as we think of Bedford Hlgh It w1ll seem as though there IS an rnexpllcable ch1nk in the once Conat and the H1gh School have seemed synonymous One didnt seem to exist wrthout the other We are sincerely sorry for those who are following us as they will never know the deep satisfaction gamered from the great well ot your fine gurdance Many years must necessanly pass before anyone can possibly give such strength to our school as a man IS known and h1s influence felt by h1s works May we someday again be blessed by leadership of such worth Until that time arrives it is our earnest prayer that the foundation you have so carefully and painstakingly formed wrll not crumble-even rnhmtesxmally To you whose every thought tor many years has been for the good of the school and the community we wish every thing fine and good as you start your next career that of wrestl1ng wlth the soil Success you have had and success you w1l1 have ever and always 1n all that you do Just because you are you Farewell Senior Publishers ot the 1952 Tallsman O O ' I ' ' ' ' . n ' I I solid masonry of the basic principles ot our beloved school: as, always Mr. ' I , . , . I

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C? Wm Parents Faculty Frrends and Fellow Classmates We the Senrors ot Bedford Hrgh School bernq of sound mrnd and able body do on thrs day make declare and publrsh thrs our last wrll and testament rn order that we may drspose of our treasures and noble trarts to the underclassmen Article l To Mr Conat we wrll the old couch rn the Home Et. oom to reclrne on after a hard days work on the farm Best of luck Mr Conat To Mrs Cooper we wrll a cushroned charr to make her bookkeepmg more pleasant To Mrs Parmelee we wrll a new cash box to match her new oltrce To Mr Facklam we wrll a parr ol roller skates so that he can get to all hrs classes on trme P S We also wrll an arr foam prllow to htm Just rn case We wrll Mrs Salters home room to the Eskrmos as she thrnks the clrmate wrll please them Mr Manley we wrll a chance to see and hear a nrce quret Senror class meetmg Mr Bergman we wrll a cage of lrons so that he can keep hrs classes down to a dull roar Mr Early we wrll a megaphone so the referees can hear htm better Mrss Klatzel we wrll a brgger and better lrbrary rn the new school Mr Iones we wrll a double deck bus to transport hrs band members to and from the games Mrs Whrtesell we wrll a classroom full of new type wrrters so she wont always have to be changrng the rrbbons To Mr Struble we wrll a new batch of Future Farmers We hope they rarse somethrng besrdes corn To Mr Iachrmrak we wrll a new chemrstry lab wrth all the latest convenrences To Mrss Karns we wrll a brref case to carry all her rmportant papers To Miss Felsted we wrll an extra parr of hands and arms to help her rn the many extra prorects that she so wrllrngly takes on To Mr Clegg we wrll a new broom and a portable waste basket Here also rs an rnventron for prckrng up scrap paper To Mr Waterfreld we wrll a key to the mrlk bar so he wrll know where to go when he gets thrrsty To the Iunrors we wrll a Semor year chuck full of success tn everythrng they undertake to do To the Sophomores we wrll a book on How to Act When You Are Iunrors Article ll Richard Oswald wrlls hrs athletrc abrlrty to Tom Estes Keep up the good work Tom Betty Patton wrlls her abrlrty to keep guret rn Mr Early s study halls to Iacqure Bruke That wrll be a tough Job Iacgure Gerry Rawson wrlls her abrlrty to play the prano to her cousrn Donna Lola Flerd wrlls her graceful drgnrfred ways to Charlene Berry Use them wrsely and they wrll last Charlene Ierry Rrnehart wrlls her mckname of Grggles to Blame Burkholder A name truly earned Elarne Glenn Welch wrlls hrs abrlrty to say the rrght thrng at the wrong trme to Steve Markos Tom Valentrne wrlls hrs name back to February 14th Don Sutts wrlls hrs selectron of Jokes to Mr Early Elsre VanBelle wrlls her dancrnq abrlrty to Emrly Kowalskr Glennadrne Vyse wrlls her place rn the oflrce to anyone who falls under the spell of the new superrntendent Glorra Whrttenburg wrlls her wrllrngness to ard others rn classwork to anyone who wrll take rt Robert Wernert wrlls hrs abrlrty to be rn the rrght place at the wrong trme to Roger Krsh Walter Werner wrlls hrs manly physrque to Bob Mc Pherson Joseph Wrnkler wrlls hrs abrlrty to be seen and not heard to the Sophomore class of 1953 Grnger Smrth wrlls her way wrth the college Ioes to Beverly Hrlls navy to anyone who doesnt get seasrck easrly Rrchard Srefke wrlls hrs abrlrty to get out of Ioumalrsm class to the boy who rs srlly enough to take rt next year Marlene Snyder wrlls her abrlrty to stay awake nrghts to her namesake Phyllrs Snyder Wanda Vossberq wrlls her Job as edrtor of the annual to anyone who lrkes to be boss RussellVan Krrk wrlls hrs wrll he wrll or wrll he wont to Roger Scott who wrll maybe Brll Sanders wrlls hrs southern accent to Mrs Whrtesell rn case she ever loses hers lane Smalley wrlls her Job as telephone operator to Ioanne Van Krrk Lots of gossrp for the Goal Post Iake Dorothy Ruckrergle wrlls her Job as band manager to Margaret l-lrpsher hoprng she enroys rt as much as Dorothy r Margaret Smrth wrlls her Job at the mrlk bar to anyone resemblrng a cow Dallas Stevenson wrlls hrs abrlrty to be very guret to Donny Mrttlehauser who of course doesnt need rt Peter Srmader wrlls hrs curly harr to LaVern Spotts No more Tonrs l.aVern All the rest and resrdue of our property whatsoever and wheresoever of what nature krrrd and qualrty and not herern drsposed ot we bequeath to our Prrncrpal for hrs use and benelrt absolutely or to be drsposed of lor the good of the comrng classes as he sees lrt Dorothy Ruckrergle and Betty Patton 0 To . , ' ' u V I ' To . , ' ' ' l A I . To . , ' V A l l I To . ' . . , . Barbara Smith wills her ability to get along with the To . , ' ' I ' I ' .I I l l . To . ' , ' - 4. A I I ' , du.